Post office guide part i - India Post

NOTE 2: Superscriptions “air Mail” and “Late Fee paid” are obligatory. Superscriptions such as “to await
arrival” or “to be kept till called for” on Post Restante articles are also permissible. These
superscriptions are to be noted on the top of the right hand half of the address-side of post cards.
(3) Nothing may be attached to post card except. -
(a) Stamps in payment of postag or other postal fees or stamp duty;
(b) a gummed label completely adhered to the card, and bearing the name and address of
the person to whom the card is sent;
(c) a similar label not exceeding 5 cm in length and 1.8 cm in width bearing the name and
address of the sender of the card; and
(d) engravings, illustrations, drawings and photographs on very thin paper and completely
adherent to the card.
(e) Another Postcard intended for a reply from the addressee either properly stitched or
otherwise securely attached to the post card, without obstructing the address of the
addressee on the post-card.
Stamps in payment of stamp duty may be affixed only to the back of the post-card. The
articles specified in paragraphs (c) and (d) may be affixed either to the back or the left-hand half of
the address side.
cards.
(4) The reply halves of reply-paid cards cannot be registered by the original sender of such
(5) The sender of a reply post-card is recommended to indicate his name and address on the
address-side of the reply half. The reply post-card should be folded so that the portion bearing the
adressee’s name shall be outside.
112. Penalty for Breach of Conditions. – (1) Should a post-card be posted unpaid or
insufficiently paid it shall be taxed on delivery with double the pre-paid rate or double the
deficiency as the case may be and unpaid or insufficiently paid Reply Post card will be taxed with
double the pre-paid rate or double the deficiency as the case may be on the original half only.
Should any of the other conditions imposed by clauses 110 and 111 and the conditions regarding
the size and thickness be infringed, the Post card shall be treated as a letter. If an inland post card
be addressed to a country served by the foreign Post, it will be treated as insufficiently paid post
card and returned to the sender, if the address is available, otherwise forwarded to the RLO.
EXPLANATION :
When a post card is treated as a letter, the amount for recovery is the difference between the
minimum postage payable on a letter an the postage already paid on the post card.